Gotthilf Christoph Struensee
Gotthilf Christoph (von) Struensee (* December 12, 1746 in Halle ; † April 3, 1829 in Neu-Schönwalde, Elbing County, West Prussia; today: Krasny Las , district of Elbląg , Poland) was a bank director in Elbing and owner of the Cadinen estate ; he was raised to the Prussian nobility on December 26, 1803 in Berlin.
Life
Gotthilf Christoph Struensee was the youngest son of Adam Struensee (1708–1791), the pastor and professor of theology in Halle and later general superintendent of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein . His mother Maria Dorothea was the daughter of the physician and personal physician of the Danish King Johann Samuel Carl (1677–1757). One of his brothers was Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772) who had been the personal physician of the Danish King Christian VII since 1769 and became his most influential advisor and de facto regent of Denmark before he was overthrown and executed in 1772.
Gotthilf Christoph Struensee moved in 1782 as a bank manager to Elbing, succeeding his elder brother Carl August von Struensee (from 1735 to 1804), the 1777 Danish Council of Justice at the request of Frederick the Great a state-owned bank office, then Royal Bank commandite called, was founded in Elblag .
In 1786 Struensee acquired estates in Alt-Schönwalde and in 1788 in Neu-Schönwalde, including the Cadinen private estate from 1804 , which he owned until 1814.
Gotthilf Christoph von Struensee died on April 3, 1829 in Neu-Schönwalde and is buried in the churchyard in Dörbeck close to the church portal. Next to him is his son Ferdinand (1786–1835), who inherited the estate in Schönwalde from his father. With him the Struensee died out in the Elbingen area. The surviving daughter Christine (February 3, 1783 - October 21, 1862) married Leopold Ludwig von Dewitz (September 10, 1776 - September 24, 1846), Herr auf Daber , in 1800 .
literature
- New general German nobility lexicon , Leipzig 1870, volume 9, page 93
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XIV, page 224, Volume 131, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1907, first year, p.760
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold Ludwig von Dewitz . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 475–476 ( dlib.rsl.ru - Hoffelde House).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Struensee, Gotthilf Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Struensee, Gotthilf Christoph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bank director in Elbing and owner of the Cadinen property |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1829 |
| Place of death | Neu-Schönwalde, today: Krasny Las (Elbląg) , district of Elbląg , Poland |